Monday, 24 August 2009

I have heard from most of you now that you have received your new quilts (yeah!) - all quilts have either been mailed (or in one case, swapped in person at the FoQ - at least I assume that swap did take place). According to my records, the following people may not yet have received their quilts - please let me know if you have, so I can tick it off my list.

Margeeth

Pippa (swapped?)

Lynda (swapped?)

Penny

Kathy

Patsy

Likewise, if you aren't on the list, but haven't received a quilt, please let me know -I think I've got it all straight, but would hate for anyone to fall through the cracks.

Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Just a quick note to say I have no internet connection at home at the moment, and it could be 3-5 working days before I do - let's hope not. Anyway, I will be checking in, using the library and other alternatives, but it won't be as regularly and my responses won't be as quick. So don't worry, if you don't hear from me!

Saturday, 15 August 2009

Hello again all - according to my notes, all the quilts have now been posted (and some received) to their new owners (except one, which is going to pass from artist to owner in person at Festival of Quilts) - please don't forget to let me know when you receive your quilt - and if you need a contact email for your partner to send a thank you, just let me know and I'll be happy to provide one. A lot of you have blogs (links in the sidebar), so can be contacted that way.

Sunday, 9 August 2009

Many of you have already been in touch about mailing your quilts to your partners (you know who you are) - if you have not yet let me know can you please email me as soon as possible with information about when your quilt went/is going in the mail. Next week I'll be starting to chase you up personally. Everyone except Marta (whose partner is away on holiday) should now have the address to which they are meant to be sending their quilts - if you do not have the address, let me know straightaway and I will send it again!

Monday, 3 August 2009

Me again - my posts are like buses these days - none for ages, then loads come at once!

Anyway, it's just come up in conversation that some people might have expected this swap to remain "secret" until quilts were actually received in the post. As I knicked the swap format from the yahoo group quiltswap, I had never intended to do it that way, but had simply intended to post a list of who got what quilt, once I had matched them up (which is what I did). I've just re-checked my guidelines/rules for the swap and it doesn't specify which way it would be (whew!), so I don't feel too bad about doing it this way, though my apologies if it surprised you, if you were thinking you'd not know what quilt you'd be receiving until it showed up.

More to the point, a question - when this swap runs again, which would you prefer? Would you rather know once a decision has been made, which quilt you'll be lucky enough to receive or would you rather wait until it arrived on your doorstep? Please vote in the poll in the sidebar - anyone can vote, whether or not you took part in this swap and whether or not you plan to take part in any future ones. Just curious what most people would prefer!

I have now emailed everyone with the details of who they should sent their quilt to, with the exception of the following people, where I am waiting to hear back from your partner to confirm their postal address:

Ramona

Sherry

Margaret S-G

Julie

Rae

Marta

Kathy

If your name is not on the above list and you have not received an email from me, let me know and I will try again.

Sunday, 2 August 2009

This was actually much easier than I expected as you all are sensible enough to have different taste in quilts! As I said before, I won't go into detailed statistics, as that doesn't seem fair and anyway, it's too tedious, but I was able to give everyone at least one choice (several people made more than one quilt) which was high up in their list. I think the lowest was 5th or 6th for those only receiving one quilt back from this swap and for those receiving more than one, at least one was in the top 4 or 5 (that said, not everyone ranked their list - a few sent them to me in numerical order).

I have checked and double checked this list - both against my spreadsheets and against the emails you sent me and I am fairly sure I didn't make any mistakes, or assign two quilts to anyone (except those who made two) or leave anyone off (including myself, as I didn't really have a written list) so I do hope you are all happy. I will be sending you, shortly, information about mailing addresses - perhaps not tonight for everyone, as I'm not sure I have everyone's details to hand and a few people may be away.

Thanks once again to all those who took part - and yes, it does seem likely we will do this again - this format seems to have eliminated some of the problems of past swaps, and given that it was NOT a huge nightmare to pair up quilts in the end, I'm inclined to try again - perhaps opening it up to all manner of quilts as I know I'm not the only one who likes both arty and traditional!

Well, all the lists are in, so now it's only (if "only" is the word to use in this situation) a matter of working out who gets what. I hope I'll be able to do it tonight, but I might get bogged down... I'm sure that however it all works out, you ladies will all be getting a lovely quilt (or two in some cases) in the post before the end of August!

Saturday, 1 August 2009

OK, I'm not going to get into lots and lots of detail, because I don't think that's appropriate, but I am starting to compile the preference lists - I have all but about four of them in already - and it looks hopeful. All the quilts have appeared on at least one list (hoorah!) Nearly all of them have been in people's top 3 or 4 choices (hoorah!). Not everyone wants only the same three quilts (hoorah!). I'm sure it's going to take some manouevering to get everyone the best possible choice, but I am, as I said before, hopeful. Honestly, I can't really do anything until I've had the other few preference lists in except speculate - and of course, covet!

Oh, and in case you are curious, so far the three most frequently chosen quilts are: no 24, no 23 and no 12 - but honestly, it's quite an even spread, so don't worry too much if you didn't make one of those three...

Hello all, I am back - no internet at the cottage (which was fine, but unexpected, so I hope no one worried they didn't hear back from me!) - and am gradually wading through my inbox. I have received preference lists from quite a few people and will get back to you in the next few days to confirm I have yours. And then, I get to start trying to match them all up - hopefully that task won't take TOO long and I'll be able to ensure everyone is happy. Though I guarantee everyone won't get their first choice, as there are a number of people with duplicate first choices (not always the same one, either!)